Physics Research Information
“At Argonne National Laboratory, the Meissner Effect is the expulsion of a magnetic field from a supercomputer during its transition to the superconducting state.” -Accessed September 17, 2020, from U.S. Department of Energy flickr account (Link opens in new window).
Walther Meissner and Robert Ochdenfeld discovered the Meissner Effect (shown above) in 1933 by measuring the magnetic field distribution outside superconducting tin and lead samples. This information is courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Physics Research Websites
- Sigma Pi Sigma is the honor society of undergraduate physics students.
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduate program (REU)
Journals
- “The Journal of Undergraduate Reports in Physics (JURP) is a peer reviewed, online journal of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society.”
- Nature Physics
Broward College Library Resources
Please visit the Broward College Library Respources page:
- Make a research appointment with a Librarian
- Get research Guides
- Access many Physics Journals
- Use databases such as Access Science®, “from McGraw-Hill is an authoritative online Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), education resource written by world-renowned scientists and skillfully edited to engage and inform students.” Go to Access Science – Physics
Youtube Channels
- Henry Reich’s minutephysics channel
- Dianna Cowern’s Physics Girl channel